A note on the rear window of the car is said to be a “new method” used by car thieves. The problem: This claim has been circulating for years and there is not a single documented case.
The following message is circulating on WhatsApp again:
?POLICE WARNING!!! ?
? First case in Höchberg at Lidl?
Be careful and alert, it will surely come to us soon.
After France, this method now reaches Germany and Austria.Look out for notes on the rear window of your car. This is the new method for car theft (this is not a joke!).
They go to their car in the parking lot, open it and get in. You start the engine and put the car in reverse gear.
If you look through your rear window while reversing, you will notice a piece of paper in the middle of the rear window.
You stop and get out of the car to remove the paper because it obstructs your view and you are also curious about what is written on it.
As soon as you reach the back of the car, the car thief appears out of nowhere.
He jumps into your car and drives off. They stand there and he drives away at high speed. And guess what? I bet your wallet or purse is still in the car.So now the car thief has your car, your address, your money, your keys.
Your house and your identity are at his mercy! He calls his accomplices on his cell phone, who immediately start clearing out your house/apartment, while you just report the car theft to the police.They are highly organized and many drivers fall into the trap this way.
If you notice a note on the back of your car, lock your car doors, start it, and drive away. You can remove the note later.
Share this email with your family and friends.
A wallet contains many important identification documents. You certainly don't want them to fall into the wrong hands.Please send this message to all your friends!!!!!
SPLIT!!! SPLIT!!!
SPLIT!!!!
SPLIT!!!!!!
Category: Old, but not dead
Our colleagues at Snopes on this “new scam” as early as 2004 The text, which was distributed via email, read:
“Imagine: You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. Then you lock all your doors, start the engine and shift into REVERSE. Habit! You look into the rear-view window to back out of your parking space and you notice a piece of paper, some sort of advertisement stuck to your rear window. So, you shift into PARK, unlock your doors and jump out of your vehicle to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view … when you reach the back of your car, that is when the car-jackers jump out of nowhere … jump into your car and take off — your engine was running, your purse is in the car, and they practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.
BE AWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME”
And we also reported very often about this hoax.
Such hoaxes gain even more popularity and official character as well as counterproductive credibility when they are forwarded insensitively and in good faith by trustworthy but gullible officials.
The number of hoaxes is constantly growing and they are mostly imitations of other false reports that are already circulating. Time and again, knowledgeable police officers receive hoaxes that they knew about years ago, but which are apparently still being spread or have been newly activated.
Time and again, contemporaries spread reports that appear to be real, that there could be something in them, that are so easily intended to scare people, but that, upon critical consideration and research, do not turn out to be true.
These messages are called HOAX. From the English word for hocus, joke or practical joke, like an April Fool's joke.
The problem: Many gullible people all too carelessly send out the false warnings in chain letter style in the new media, on the Internet, in social networks or by email. In the belief that they are doing something good and warning others, they are actually frightening others uselessly and also clogging up the internet. That's why the police ask those contacted to deal with such "April Fools' jokes" critically all year round.
Conclusion
This false report comes up again and again. Nevertheless, this warning remains a hoax and should not be shared!
Exercising caution is good in every area of our lives, but false reports can cause more panic than good.
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